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===Decline with shrinking pack ice===
===Decline with shrinking pack ice===
A possible decline in Antarctic krill biomass may have been caused by the reduction of the [[pack ice]] zone due to [[global warming]]. Antarctic krill, especially in the early stages of development, seem to need the pack ice structures in order to have a fair chance of survival. The pack ice provides natural cave-like features which the krill uses to evade their predators. In the years of low pack ice conditions the krill tend to give way to [[salp]]s, a barrel-shaped free-floating filter feeder that also grazes on plankton.
A possible decline in Antarctic krill biomass may have been caused by the reduction of the [[pack ice]] zone due to [[global warming]]. Antarctic krill, especially in the early stages of development, seem to need the pack ice structures in order to have a fair chance of survival. The pack ice provides natural cave-like features which the krill uses to evade their predators. In the years of low pack ice conditions the krill tend to give way to salps, a barrel-shaped free-floating filter feeder that also grazes on plankton.


===Ocean acidification===
===Ocean acidification===